On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:27:44 -0300 "George N. White III" <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 at 18:59, Sreyan Chakravarty <sreyan32@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:06 AM George N. White III > > <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> In general, the earlier the mitigations are applied, the harder it > >> is to exploit the bugs, and > >> some mitigations can only be applied at the BIOS level, so you > >> need to check your BIOS > >> vendor's updates and forums. > >> > >> > > Sorry for the late reply. > > > > Does anyone here use an HP laptop ? > > > > Specifically this model: > > https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04919819#AbT1 > > > > This mentions FreeDOS under "Software" at the bottom of the page. > > > > I have a very weird problem it seems. In my BIOS startup screen > > there seems to be no option like "Update BIOS". > > > > > The particular model I am using HP only publishes exe files that > > can be used from within Windows via which the BIOS update can > > happen within the OS. > > > > They do not care about Linux. Hence my only option was to do the > > BIOS update from outside the OS. Now I can't find the option to > > update the BIOS from a USB. > > > > > I have contacted HP via their Community forum but I doubt that I > > will get a response. > > > > In the meantime if anyone knows anything about this problem let me > > know, or what the best place would be to ask about this issue. > > > > https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c00042629 suggests that you can > create a BIOS update USB drive > from a BIOS update .exe file using a different PC running Windows. > Some .exe files run in freeDOS and generate a .bin file. Some HP > laptops have "BIOS update from file" in the System Diagnostics (maybe > press F2 while booting) with the .bin file on a FAT format USB key. > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/539120/how-to-perform-a-hp-bios-upgrade-with-only-ubuntu > has a number of examples for differnet HP models. > Here is another link mentioning FreeDOS for updating bios: https://pingtool.org/bootable-dos-iso-bios-upgrade/ _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
